Meetings

Submitted by lbomassi on 15 May, 2009 - 15:04

Strengthening Regional Capacities for Preventive Action in Africa

Submitted by lbomassi on 20 January, 2010 - 20:19

Where:

Tunis

When:

23 November, 2009 - 24 November, 2009

On November 23 and 24, 2009, the EastWest Institute, in partnership with the African Development Bank, convened a regional meeting in Tunis on preventive action in Africa. The meeting brought together representatives from the defense, diplomacy and development sectors, along with civil society, to identify action-oriented recommendations to strengthen African capacity to prevent violent conflict before it begins.

Central American and Carribean Regional Preparatory Meeting

Submitted by lbomassi on 26 January, 2010 - 14:15

Where:

Panama

When:

15 November, 2009 - 17 November, 2009

The EastWest Institute, in partnership with the UNDP, convened its first regional preparatory meeting for the Global Conference on Preventive Action to be held in 2010. The meeting brought together 30 senior military and police experts, representatives from governments, the UN, OAS, UNDP (Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery), CARICOM (Caribbean Community and Common Market) and SICA (Sistema de la Integración Centroamericana) along with leading civil society organizations to gather different perspectives on the role of regional organizations in peace and security in Central America and the Caribbean. The session examined how regional solutions can play a stronger role in stabilizing conflict situations and facilitating some level of development to prevent incidents of violent conflict.

Parliamentarians Network Issues Joint Declaration on Water

Submitted by lbomassi on 11 June, 2009 - 15:11

Where:

Amman, Jordan

When:

3 November, 2009 - 5 November, 2009

Members of EWI’s Parliamentarians Network for Conflict Prevention and Human Security, along with Arab, Asian and European leaders, issued a joint declaration on November 5, 2009 outlining steps to increase regional cooperation on water. The declaration, issued after a two-day conference in Amman, Jordan, lays out recommendations for shared management of water resources and the role parliamentarians can play to prevent the risk of water-related conflicts.

Improving Regional Cooperation on Water: The Helmand, Harirud and Murghab River Basins

Submitted by lbomassi on 15 May, 2009 - 15:18

Where:

Brussels

When:

25 June, 2009

On Thursday, June 25, EWI’s Preventive Diplomacy Initiatives hosted the fourth installment of the policy dialogue series, Alternative Futures for Afghanistan and the Stability of Southwest Asia: Improving Regional Cooperation on Water in Brussels. The session focused on the Helmand River Basin, shared between Afghanistan and Iran, and the Harirud and Murghab River Basins, which are also shared with Turkmenistan. Participants considered challenges to cooperative management of these water sources and proposed strategies to overcome these challenges.